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By the way, and this is for Simon the OP benefit, the torque wrench setting for the caliper carrier to trailing arm bolts is 64Nm, and the caliper carrier to hub refers to the front brake caliper carrier, and is 100Nm. There of course is no problem whatsoever if you do not possess the necessary equipment to make an informed "guess" at the correct figure......something you acquire as a "feel" given experience. I can hear SD1too shrieking in horror at the very thought of it, however it's not as inaccurate as you might think, imagine your 13mm spanner is 8" long, then that is .66 of a foot, and the torque you wish to apply is 47 Ft/Lb, then if you divide 47 by .66 and apply the resultant 71 Lb to the end of the spanner, you will have applied 47 Ft/Lb to the fastener, which is 64Nm. It's your choice, it's not as critical as you might think, or as other would have you believe Brian |
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I do the same thing, never had one shear off or work loose so it must be ok
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I think the problem today is that men, I use the word men on purpose,do not have the same inclination towards mechanically minded learning that us ‘older’ men have had in our past. This is not a criticism of today’s men, it is a fact that the world now appears to turn on ‘technological learning’, rather than mechanics. This is a loss to the younger generation, and also increases their cost’s of ownership of anything that requires mechanical repair and or assembly. It is nice to see some of these younger men, and women, joining this club of ours to maintain their vehicles. Kudos to them, and our gurus who do not mind passing their knowledge on.
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I have never used any extension on the Allen key to put extra pressure on the screw/ bolt whatever, and have never had one come loose in perhaps 300,000 miles of travelling.
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--------------------------------------------------- 100Nm is also the same rating as the wheel bolts, so like the wheels, they need to be 'leaned' on, rather than 'jumped' on. (or roughly 67 bags of sugar on the end of a 6" allen key )
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Yes, I've used new bolts & guide pins, and everything else* is new except the caliper & carrier castings (I had them blasted) - new seals, pistons, springs etc. All the other rear end refurb bolts are new too. Thanks for the clarification on the 64/100 Nm thing on p06-27. I thought that might be it. * Forgot, the only other thing that's not new is the pad wear cable. Those two unprotected wires going in to the connector always look dodgy to me - in fact they've both broken on the front cable. The replacement has just the same weak point (2nd pic is an unopened SOM100030). |
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Seems you’ve all got too much time on your hands ha ha!! All this pedantic talk is giving me the runs!! I love working on my brakes and in 40 odd years of brake service if I’ve never had the requirement or inclination to torque the blighters up!!
Oh,, and none of my brakes have ever come undone and fell off in the road..
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That's o.k. Simon (if you look back at page 1) ....
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